TV HIGHLIGHTS

CMT Artists of the Year 2017, 8 PM on CMTV; 9:30 PM on CMTV:

Country superstar Sam Hunt and his co-writers will receive the first-ever Song of the Year Award for their hit song “Body Like a Back Road” during the course of this special (airing live in many parts of the country) from the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville, Tenn. Artist of the Year honorees include Florida Georgia Line, Chris Stapleton, Jason Aldean, Keith Urban and Luke Bryan. The program also includes a segment honoring the victims and volunteers of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.

Dynasty, 9 PM on Ch. 26:

The Carringtons become suspects in the death of Matthew in the new episode “Spit It Out,” forcing them to deal with their suspicions about one another while putting up a unified front for public view. Part of that is the cloak that a seething Fallon (Elizabeth Gillies) throws over the affair Cristal (Nathalie Kelley) had with Matthew — whose funeral becomes memorable for the wrong reasons. Grant Show, James Mackay, Rafael de la Fuente and Alan Dale also star.

The Story of Us With Morgan Freeman, 9 PM on NGEO; 11 PM on NGEO:

In a new episode called “The Fight for Peace,” host Morgan Freeman crosses the globe to examine how war and peace seem to come in cycles. He discovers evidence that mankind constantly is pulled between its pursuit of harmony and its capacity for violence, as reflected in Rwanda’s post-genocide reconciliation program and a sacred festival in Bolivia that features an element of ritualized combat. While it may be true that conflict often drives innovation, does that mean war is truly inevitable?